Indoor Mephisto Ladies: DG, FC, WCH, WCR. Going Hydro.

[paddler54]

Oh how I have missed this place, so warm and inviting, so reflective of the beautiful souls who dwell here. I just reset up my tent, redesigned my hydroponics system, bought me some awesome Mephisto beans and got my grow on:
Grow inventory:
ipower grow tent 96"×48"×80", Hyperfan 8", 2 mars hydro 144 x 720 watts led lights.
Hydroponics system: Four seperate 5 gallon reservoirs with 500 gph submersible pumps feeding into circular watering rings perched over 3 gallon buckets with 8" baskets filled with Leca clay. Water and nutes are returned via 2 1/2" pvc pipes to the reservoirs.
Nutes: Advance Nutrient grow, micro, bloom (finishing off old nutes...really old). B52, bud candy, big bud, carbo load, and overdrive. In addition I will be using botanicare cal-mag and white shark.

March 6th, DAY 0 GERMINATION: Four lovely beans were taken from their refrigerated packets, pushed into coco seed starters and placed in the hydroponics system. Each system received 5 gallons of ro water with 5 ml each of veg and micro advance nutrients. The stars of the grow are.....

In alphabetical order: Double Grape, Forgotten Cookies, White Chem, and White Crack.

March 8th DAY 1: The girls poked their heads out, but I wanted to wait until I was certain they were going to make it.

March 13 DAY 5 : 100% germination and all four girls are getting their first leaves.

Double Grape.

Forgotten Cookies

White Chem

White Crack
I will get a filter for my lense, sorry for the magenta wash, but you can see my tykes are all healthy, at least on March 13th anyways. Please stop on by, share a drag or two, and chillax.

 

[davisgirl]

Looks like you’ve got everything in order, and a nice selection of Mephisto there. Best of luck and happy growing!

 

[TheMongol]

new genetic on the run, good luck!

 

[Flipper]

>>>Oh how I have missed this place, so warm and inviting, so reflective of the beautiful souls who dwell here.

So true Paddler54! Good luck with your grow and thanks for sharing...Flipper

 

[Frenjamin Banklin]

 

[paddler54]

Thank you Frenjaman, Flipper, Themongol, Davisgirl for your positive vibes and words. I have an update with pics.
March 18 DAY 10: I forgot to add that I was on an 18 on 6 off photoperiod. Girls are adding girth to their main stalk and producing more leaf sets. Still on seedling nutes but I added a pinch of white shark to each reservoir. And now the ladies,
First up, Double Grape

Next up Forgotten Cookies, she is a real beauty!

Next White Chem

Finally, White Crack

I have decided to purchase a led light kit instead of a lense filter, makes more sense, a kit can cost less than a filter and can be used for different situations, subjects.
Leca clay is vexing, water streams from the rings splatter everywhere making a mess and wasting nutes. I am switching to coco coir next grow.

 

[paddler54]

Aloha e all, time for an update.
MARCH 25 DAY 17: All is well with the ladies although my Double Grape has some issues with her leaves, she is still producing solar panels (leaves) and piping (roots). The girls are reaching the tipping point where they are able to ramp up production, they should really show a lot of growth the next installment, but for now, the girls:
First up Double Grape

Next, Forgotten Cookies, she is really ramping up production.

White Chem

And finally, White Crack

That's it for now, thanks for looking, keep smoking, keep growing, share your skills, one love!

 

[paddler54]

MARCH 31 DAY 23: The girls look very healthy, even the Double Grape is sort of sorting herself out. If I wasn't such a bleeding heart I probably would have pulled her, but that Marley lyric always makes me take pause " The stone the builder refuse will always be the head corner stone". Plus I work with challenged people so I am inclined to see past the veneer to the inner higher power dwelling within.
I changed out the girls ro water with nutes to 10 ml each for grow, bloom, and micro, with 5 ml of B52, all are (Advanced Nutrients products) and half a tsp of White Shark to 3 gallons (about 12 liters) of ro water.
Today's updates:
First up as usual, Double Grape

Forgotten Cookies is next

Then White Chem

Finally White Crack

 

[paddler54]

Aloha e all, update time!
APRIL 7 DAY 30:
Girls are looking good in da neighborhood! Time for red light, bloom food and positive vibes. No issues, just sexy babes...
Double Grape what ya Got?

Forgotten Cookies

White Chem

Finally White Crack

Have an excellent week and thanks for looking.

 

[paddler54]

Update time.
APRIL 14 DAY 37: The ladies need a thinning and a little branch crushing as they are setting their buds so nutes change as well. Adding back b52 and starting big bud. 10 ml per 3 gallons.
Double Grape

Forgotten Cookies

White Chem:

White Crack:

I am very stoked, the ladies are cruising.